Rob Maerz set the new world record on ColecoVision's Mouse Trap (skill 1) shortly after midnight on Saturday, June 9 in an impromptu stream broadcast on R'cade Live! This was Maerz's third attempt at the world record, as his first two attempts last month were foiled by a power outage and then a software crash.

In this record setting attempt, a graphics glitch occured nearing the 5 million mark that affected the playfield. Maerz played through the glitch and ended the game with a new world record score of 6,060,710.

All appeared to be going according to plan for gaming champ Ed Heemskerk. After months of planning, the Florida-based arcade gamer sat down on the morning of June 8 to begin his lofty attempt to play the arcade classic Q*bert for 100 hours on a single coin...

Tune into R'cade Live! at 11 AM EDT on June 30, 2012 as multi world record holder Paul Zimmerman attempts to break the Donkey Kong Junior (NES) world record.

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